9th Annual Medicine |Nursing |Pharmacy CE Quarterly - July 18, 2024

McAllen, TX US
July 18, 2024

The aim of this activity is to provide a detailed view on the world of heart failure in the ACHD population, on the specific skills required to do HTX in these patients and on the specific need to centralize these patients to an established ACHD program.

Target Audience

The target audience for this activity is physicians, nurses, residents, fellows, & researchers

Learning Objectives

  • Describe why ACHD are more prone to heart failure
  • Recognize these patients require specific assistance.
  • Discuss the need to centralize patients in a HUB with an established ACHD program.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.00 Attendance
  • 3.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 3.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Course opens: 
05/29/2024
Course expires: 
08/18/2024
Event starts: 
07/18/2024 - 5:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
07/18/2024 - 9:00pm CDT

July 18, 2024

5:00p-5:30 p.m.

Registration / Exhibition Session

5:30 p.m.

Welcome Remarks

Dr. George Udeani, PharmD, DSc, FCP, FCCP

5:30—5:50 p.m.

Combined Sleeve Gastrectomy with Liver Transplant in Patients with Obesity

Dr. Eduardo De Souza Martins Fernandes, MD

5:50–6:10 p.m.

Obesity Management in Liver Patients

Lisa Hernandez, PA

6:10—6:30 p.m.

Robotic Interventions in Hepatobiliary and Liver Surgery

Dr. Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS

6:30—7:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Pharmacology during Hepatobiliary/Liver Surgery

Dr. George Udeani, PharmD, DSc, FCP, FCCP, Dr. Yee Lee Cheah, MD

and Dr. Fernando Membreno, MD

7:00—7:30 p.m.

Advanced Heart Failure: Recognition, Options & Outcomes

Dr. Ashrith Guha, MD, MPH, FACC

7:30—8:00 p.m.

Evaluation and guidance towards surgical and medical treatment of

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Dr. Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP, and Dr. Adolfo Kaplan, MD

8:00—8:30 p.m.

Heart Transplant Session - Moderator Dr. Andrea Quarti, MD, PhD

Dr. Andrea Quarti, MD, Dr. Ashrith Guha, MD, MPH, FACC and

Dr. Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP

8:30 p.m.

Adjourn

8:30- 9:00 p.m.

Exhibition Session

Embassy Suites by Hilton McAllen Convention Center
800 Convention Center Blvd
McAllen, TX 78501
United States

 

 

Eduardo De Souza Martins Fernandes, MD

Liver & Pancreas Surgeon

DHR Health Transplant Institute

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX

Fernando Membreno, MD

Transplant Hepatologist

DHR Health Transplant Institute

Director, Liver Specialty Center, Edinburg, TX

 

Yee Lee Cheah, MD, FACS, FAST

Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgeon

Director, Robotic Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston TX

Andrea Quarti, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, ACHD, Heart Transplant Surgeon

Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

Academic Institute Houston Methodist

Houston, TX

 

Ashrith Guha, MD, MPH, FACC

Blake and Roswell F. Vaughan III Centennial Chair

DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center

Associate Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute

Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc, FCCP, ATSF

Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Lisa Hernandez, PA

DHR Health Transplant Institute

Liver Specialty Center

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX

George Udeani, PharmD, DSc, FCP, FCCP

Head and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice

School of Pharmacy

Clinical Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Dr. Adolfo Kaplan, MD

Medical Director, ICU Knapp Medical Center

Medical Director, Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley

McAllen, Texas

 

 

 

Physicians
3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Houston Methodist designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Nurses
3.00 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Houston Methodist will award 3.00 Nursing-Continuing Professional Development con-tact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Pharmacists and Technicians

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This continuing professional education program includes 3 contact hours (0.03 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education. This education has been designed with pharmacist and technician learners in mind. To receive credit for participation in this live educational session, you must claim your credit via the TSHP Education Portal.  A live event “secret code” will be provided during the session, you must retain this code to claim your credit. A session evaluation must be completed through the online portal for credit to be issued.

 

Available Credit

  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.00 Attendance
  • 3.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 3.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

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